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Genres: teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy

First Line: Archie, I presume you're thinking about my question: What's the shortest distance between two points?

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Pages: 1

Notes: Later redrawn for the covers of Pep #145 and Archie Comics Digest #21.

Dollars and Sense

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Genres: teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Fred Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy

First Line: What's all the excitement, Veronica?

Synopsis: Archie's IQ test result has Riverdale High thinking he's a genius, until they realize the test scorers read his age as six and not 16.

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Pages: 7.67

Notes: Art previously credited to Bob Montana, but it matches Schwartz's stories from the period.

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Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Linda Moore

First Line: There are two girls ... but only one Wilbur

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Pages: 0.33

Notes: Promo for Archie Comics publications in which Wilbur appears highlighting the Wilbur/Laurie/Linda relationship.

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Jughead Jones; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle

First Line: Wha' hoppen? Why is everybody running? Reggie is back!

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Promo for Archie's Rival Reggie (Archie, 1949 series) #2 featuring Archie, Jughead, and the Riverdale High faculty running from a giant Reggie head.

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Feature(s): Lionel Trains

First Line: They're a million miles ahead of everything!

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The Mail Animal

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Genres: teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Bubbles Bixby

First Line: Did you invite a girl to the dance yet, Jughead?

Synopsis: Jughead thinks he has sent a dance invitation to Moose's girl Bubbles instead of history notes. Jughead then has to try and get the letter back from the post office, before it's delivered to her, and Moose finds out about it.

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Feature(s): Pep Fun Page

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper

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Pages: 1

Notes: Includes identifying piano tune, counting squares and triangles in drawing, how to tell when a silkworm has finished spinning its cocoon, filling in map of United States, optical illusion, riddle, party game, and rebus.

Sales Talk

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Genres: teen

Character(s): Suzie; Suzie's father; Ferdie

First Line: How do you do, Miss? I represent the Readit Book Company!

Synopsis: Suzie and her father can't resist bargain sales despite admonishing each other about their spending.

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Pages: 3

Ashes to Ashes

Public Service Announcement on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews

First Line: Fred! Oh Fred!

Synopsis: Fred starts a fire after shoveling furnace ashes into a wooden bucket instead of a metal bucket, but fortunately, Archie is able to put out the fire since he placed an extinguisher in each room of the house.

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Notes: Art previously credited to Joe Edwards; Berg places his signature as the brand of the furnace (Berg Heater).

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Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Adventures of the Dover Boys

Character(s): Tim Dover; Dan Dover

First Line: The magazine that's got everything!

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Promo for Adventures of the Dover Boys (Archie, 1950 series) #1. Contains four scenes that do not appear within issue.

Yachts of Fun

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Genres: teen

Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Linda Moore; Laurie Lake; Red; Slats

First Line: Linda! Red! Hop in! I know where I can rent a boat for fifty cents an hour!

Synopsis: Wilbur, Red, and Laurie rent a yacht to show up Slats and Laurie's boat.

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Pages: 5

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews

First Line: Look what you get by joining the Archie Club, boys and girls!

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Promo for Archie Club membership featuring first-prize report from Helen Jeter (Philadelphia 4, PA) and second-prize report from Shirley Williams (Fayetteville, AR).

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Feature(s): Star Dirt

First Line: Sees Cinemaland As Bad Town for Romancing

Synopsis: Gossip about Hollywood films and their stars.

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Pages: 2

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones

First Line: The Three Mirthqueteers

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Promo for Archie, Reggie, and Jughead stories, appearing in Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series), Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series), and Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series). Drawings of each character appear to be taken from stories.

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Katy Keene; Randy Van Ronson III; K.O. Kelly; Sis; Danny the Demon

First Line: Watch this one, Katy!

Synopsis: Randy gave Katy two tickets to watch him compete in a polo match. She invites K.O. along. After the first half K.O. is visiting the stables and the devil appears on his shoulder and convinces him to put a burr under Randy's saddle. In the second half Randy's horse throws him and Katy comes to his rescue, much to the chagrin of K.O.

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Pages: 7

Notes: Outfit and pose by Evelyn Sanne (Brooklyn 2, NY); Katy's suit by Sylvia Hill (Maynard, MA); Randy's fish tail car by Eddie Girou (Bay City, MI); nightie by Bennie Ontiveros (Alamogordo, NM); Sis' pajamas by Ann Tarpy (Santa Barbara, CA); K.O.'s outfit by Beverly Aaron (Seattle 7, WA); Katy's polo match outfit by Kay Bain (Pekinville, TN).

Katy Fashions

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Character(s): Katy Keene

Synopsis: Katy Keene paper doll with fashion accessories.

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Character(s): Katy Keene

First Line: Now you can send for this brand new Katy Keene pin-up!

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Promo for Katy Keene pin-up and cut-out set no. 2.

Operation Dalmatian

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Genres: childrens

Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Bill Bubblegum [Hap Holliday]; Merry Bubblegum [Merry Holliday]; Alvin

First Line: Nope!!! My other skate is not in here---

Synopsis: Jinx's Uncle Bob, busy with war relief work in Europe, writes the family that he'll be sending a Dalmatian. Jinx thinks it will be a dog, but it ends up being Dalmatian cheese.

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Pages: 5.25

Notes: An issue of Wilbur Comics (Archie, 1944 series) is depicted among Jinx's toys in the splash panel.

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Character(s): Li'l Jinx

First Line: Hi, Pen Pals: Our club now has thousands of members who have made many new friends through the mail.

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Pages: 0.75

Notes: Li'l Jinx shares the names and addresses of 60 new club members.